17:43.94S 149:19.65W Hao was a very pleasant stop but soon it was time to get moving again. We had been continuously watching the weather forecasts looking for a good window to move on to the next destination but as previously …

Tahiti – paradise, not; and expensive to boot. Read more »

Thread Fin Butterfly Fish (Chaetodon Auriga)

23:09.61S 135:02.32W I mentioned before the fact that we had been struggling to get our heads around tropical weather and its forecasting. Last weekend had not just us but every boat in the area studying the weather situation very closely. …

What will this tropical weather do? Read more »

23:06.79S 134:58.01W We have finally arrived somewhere that has a proper anchorage, somewhere where we can anchor in still waters, and somewhere that we can set foot on dirt. We had been 32 days at sea (including one night in …

Landfall; Rikitea, Mangareva, Gambier Islands Read more »